MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Medikine, Inc., a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative peptide-based agonists of cytokine receptors relevant to cancer treatment, today announced that it will deliver three poster presentations at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2020), which is being held virtually November 9-14, 2020. The posters highlight preclinical data on three recombinant Fc-fusions incorporating peptides discovered using Medikine's platform technology, including:
William J. Dower, Ph.D., a Medikine founder and chief scientific officer, will present the following posters during the virtual poster hall, November 11-14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST:
"Medikine is focused on exploring the unique advantages of empirically designed, peptide-based activators of heterodimeric cytokine receptors over traditional approaches involving modifications of natural cytokines. This work builds on previous discoveries of peptide agonists for the homodimeric receptors for erythropoietin and thrombopoietin by members of the Medikine team," said Ronald W. Barrett, Ph.D., CEO and chairman of Medikine. "We are pleased to present these innovations at SITC and are now moving the IL-7R and IL-2/15Rbgc agonist programs into development. We believe our product candidates have the potential to offer differentiated and beneficial features over modified/engineered IL-7, IL-2 and IL-15 proteins."
Posters can be accessed on the SITC website and at www.medikine.com.
About Medikine
Medikine, Inc. is a privately held, preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing a proprietary platform to identify activators of clinically relevant cytokines that interact with the broad class of heterodimeric cytokine receptors. Medikine's drug candidates can be readily engineered for desired receptor activity, pharmacokinetics and manufacturability. Medikine's lead program is based on the ground-breaking discovery of a peptide that mimics IL-7 activation of the IL-7 receptor. This target is under active investigation for treatment of lymphopenia and immuno-oncology applications. Medikine also has identified a peptide activator that is selective for the IL-2/15Rbgc form of the IL-2/15 receptor, which could potentially be used for cancer treatment. For more information, visit www.medikine.com.
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